Plots2: Email for welcoming newcomer at time of Sign up

[grvsachdeva]

Welcome Email should be sent to a newcomer at time of Sign up.The content of Email can include a brief about the PublicLabs, about exploring website features, etc.We can also include in mail links which are shown on Dashboard of the newcomer.Current mail sent at sign up prompts user to join Gooogle group looks like this:-

We can add more content in above Mailer or can form new mailer.

@jywarren @ebarry please provide your input.Thanks.

[visheshruparelia]

I'd like to help out in this

[grvsachdeva]

hi @visheshruparelia most welcome, once final template of mail is decided we'll divide this in parts.

[ebarry]

This is an excellent project!!!!! @steviepubliclab check this out --

[jywarren]

@publiclab/community-reps maybe some text like:

Welcome to Public Lab! Let's get you started.

Your username is _____.
If you forget your password, enter the email address you received this message at into the prompt at https://publiclab.org/reset to reset it.

What else would we want to send?

[grvsachdeva]

How about adding getting started links which we display at the dashboard of newcomers for a week?

[jywarren]

That's a great thing to start with -- super! We can modify the text later :-)

We can even base it on a Feature -- https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/blob/master/doc/DATA_MODEL.md#nodes

that way we can easily update the welcome message text (the part that doesn't include the current user's username, though, since we can't use variables in a feature)

How does that sound?

[grvsachdeva]

hi @publiclab/community-reps I am working on this one. Thanks.

[jywarren]

awesome!!!

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hi @publiclab/community-reps
https://github.com/orgs/publiclab/teams/community-reps I am working on
this one. Thanks.

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[grvsachdeva]

hi @jywarren , I tried signing up again from 2 accounts but haven't received any mail. Could you see logs? Thanks.

[grvsachdeva]

What do you think, should we use inline CSS for formatting or use gems? Thanks

[grvsachdeva]

hi @publiclab/community-reps sorry to bother you again, but as welcome email to a user is a crucial and can be helpful to the user in getting familiar with the website. So, if you all can point to some important points to include that would be really helpful.

Current considerations-

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Thanks .

[steviepubliclab]

Hi! Can you clarify if this is showing up in an email or as a pop up?

[steviepubliclab]

I think you mean email.

Let me sync up with @ebarry when she gets back. First week in July ok? Is there some holder text you can use in the meantime as you're working on this? I'm looking for some text we recently put together that might be useful for this. (Liz where is that script? I can't find it!).

[grvsachdeva]

Hi @steviepubliclab, I will work on this issue at the start of July then, after @ebarry join us if you have any other ideas regarding design and content about the welcome emails, you can always drop here. Thanks.

[grvsachdeva]

Hi @publiclab/community-reps can we start working on this now? Sorry, I am just a little excited to design new mailer for newcomers :smile:

[jywarren]

Hi @Gauravano -- i just checked with Stevie and we have this draft, although we'll want to make final changes before merging it:

https://gist.github.com/jywarren/893de8c52d7d977c16289eea98bb2035

However, if it's implemented as part of a feature at /features, we can tweak this any time, so it doesn't have to block.

How's that sound?

[steviepubliclab]

Here's an edit!

Welcome to Public Lab!

We're an open community dedicated to making environmental monitoring more accessible to all. In Public Lab, our public questions, ideas, and exploration help to build the resources available for everyone to use.

_UN INFO HERE_

There’s a lot you can do in Public Lab: learn how to do environmental investigation in your community, help to build and develop research tools, and work with others to advocate for change.

Ready to jump in?

• Join an open call (https://publiclab.org/open-call)
• Find an upcoming event (www.publiclab.org/events)
• Ask a question (www.publiclab.org/questions)
• Follow Public Lab on social media (https://www.facebook.com/PublicLab/)
• Help support our work (www.publiclab.org/donate)

Looking forward to hearing from you soon,

The Public Lab Community

[grvsachdeva]

We can also add PublicLab logo at top-center position of email.

Any other image you guys wanna suggest @jywarren @steviepubliclab ? Also, any design or should we keep it simple text email?
Thanks!

[jywarren]

Let's keep it pretty simple text for now, but if this is implemented as a
Feature, we can add images later, right?

Thanks, Gaurav!!!

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We can also add PublicLab logo at top-center position of email.

Any other image you guys wanna suggest @jywarren
https://github.com/jywarren @steviepubliclab
https://github.com/steviepubliclab ? Also, any design or should we keep
it simple text email?
Thanks!

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[grvsachdeva]

Making a feature is fine. But, I doubt images can be added via feature. Are we displaying images via feature anywhere @jywarren ?

[grvsachdeva]

I found this

we pass feature body as a string, so we can make a new helper function which would return us the node and then we can render node content just like we do for normal node in Email. How does that sound @jywarren ?

[jywarren]

That sounds great!

On Sat, Jul 7, 2018 at 2:42 AM Gaurav Sachdeva [e-mail]
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I found this
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https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/20878070/42407735-a7e017fc-81de-11e8-9d10-41cdc0ebe183.png

we pass feature body as a string, so we can make a new helper function
which would return us the node and then we can render node content just
like we do for normal node in Email. How does that sound @jywarren
https://github.com/jywarren ?

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[grvsachdeva]

Hi @jywarren @steviepubliclab, I have raised PR at #3025 for this issue. Please create a new feature by name welcome-email-body . Thanks!

[jywarren]

awesome!!!

On Tue, Jul 10, 2018 at 9:22 AM Gaurav Sachdeva [e-mail]
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Hi @jywarren https://github.com/jywarren @steviepubliclab
https://github.com/steviepubliclab I have raised PR at #3025
https://github.com/publiclab/plots2/pull/3025 for this issue. Please
create a new feature by name welcome-email-body . Thanks!

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